Unit 2: European Exploration Vocab

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Boundary between Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New World

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Line of Demarcation

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Travel all the way around the globe

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Circumnavigate

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Treaty (1494) between Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, Africa.

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Columbian Exchange

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A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain.

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Conquistador

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A system in Spanish America allowing settlers to tax or demand labor from local Indians in exchange for protection and conversion to Christianity.

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Encomienda System

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A large farm specializing in one crop for profit.

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Plantation

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A religious movement started by Martin Luther in 1517 to reform the Catholic Church.

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Protestant Reformation

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Reformers protesting Catholic Church practices

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Protestant

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Spanish fleet defeated by England in 1588

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The Spanish Armada